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SXSW London Reveals First Edition Dates & Festival Hires
The inaugural SXSW London, which will take place across at least 20 venues in the Shoreditch area of east London, has set 2025 dates of June 2 – 7.
The London spinoff will mark the first European edition of the celebrated Austin festival, which has also launched in Sydney, Australia. Organizers say…
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SXSW Drops U.S. Army As Sponsor
Prominent arts and tech festival SXSW has dropped the U.S. Army as a sponsor, organizers have announced via the fest’s website.
“After careful consideration, we are revising our sponsorship model,” they wrote. “As a result, the US Army, and companies who engage in weapons manufacturing, will not be…
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‘La La Land’ Producer Mike Jackson Launches Podcast Series ‘Why Not Me?’; John Legend, Gabrielle Union & Stephen A. Smith Among First Guests
EXCLUSIVE: "This is purely strategic," exclaims Why Not Me? host and La La Land executive producer Mike Jackson of having John Legend as the first guest on his new podcast series. "There's a method to the madness.”
The strategy being that having a mega-star like Legend in the hot seat is a great way…
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Cercamon Boards Boards Sales On SXSW Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Things Will Be Different’
EXCLUSIVE: Dubai-based sales agency Cercamon has acquired international rights outside of North America for Michael Felker’s Things Will Be Different.
The science-fiction thriller, which enjoyed a buzzy premiere in SXSW’s Midnighter section this year, follows two estranged siblings who take shelter…
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Metrograph Pictures Lands U.S. Rights To Crystal Moselle & Derrick B. Harden’s SXSW Comedy ‘The Black Sea’Â
EXCLUSIVE: Metrograph Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to The Black Sea, the offbeat comedy from Crystal Moselle and Derrick B. Harden which debuted at this year's SXSW Film Festival. Metrograph will release the pic theatrically later this year.
Inspired by Harden's travels to Bulgaria, and…
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South By Southwest Sets London Expansion For Branded Cultural Film, Music & Tech Festival
The South by Southwest festival is expanding to London in June, 2025.
The SXSW brand, which originated in Austin, Texas almost four decades ago, has grown to become synonymous with the celebration of the convergence between creativity, culture and technology. London is the latest expansion outpost…
Kit Zauhar Lands North American Distribution For SXSW Competition Title ‘This Closeness’ Via Factory 25, IFC Center To Launch Theatrical RunÂ
EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn-based indie film distribution and production company Factory 25 has acquired North American theatrical rights on writer-director Kit Zauhar's sophomore feature This Closeness, which debuted at SXSW 2023.Â
The film will begin its theatrical run at the IFC Center in New York City on…
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‘Omni Loop’ Review: A Poignant Sci-fi Statement About Life And Mortality – SXSW
History repeats itself in this ingenious but surprisingly heartfelt sci-fi, which takes the premise of Groundhog Day and fashions from it a poignant statement about life and mortality. Refreshingly for the genre, it focuses on a middle-aged woman — a scientist-slash-physicist, even — whose 55th birthday…
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By Damon Wise
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‘Bob Trevino Likes It,’ Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man,’ A24’s ‘Sing Sing’ & Dramedy ‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ Among SXSW Audience Award Winners
SXSW organizers on Monday announced the Audience Award winners for the festival’s recently wrapped 31st edition.
The list includes Tracie Laymon’s dramedy Bob Trevino Likes It, which prevailed in Narrative Feature Competition, and the action thriller Monkey Man marking Dev Patel’s directorial debut…
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Plot To Kill Rapper During SXSW Week Performance Foiled By Austin Police
Two men allegedly plotted to kill a rapper performing at a show last week during Austin’s South by Southwest Music Festival.
The alleged hit would have taken place at a March 10 show unaffiliated with the festival, according to an affidavit obtained by Fox 7 Austin.
Many shows take place in…
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SXSW Film & TV Festival 2024: All Of Deadline’s Reviews
The 2024 SXSW Film Festival kicked off March 8 in Austin with the opening-night world premiere screening of Doug Liman’s Road House remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor. It started nine days of debuts including for movies starring Rooney Mara, Isabelle Huppert, Gael GarcÃa Bernal, Kristen…
‘The Idea of You’ Review: Anne Hathaway Anchors Michael Showalter’s Fluctuating Story Of Unconventional Romance – SXSW
In Michael Showalter's The Idea of You, based on the novel by Robinne Lee, Amazon MGM Studios brings to the screen a narrative that tantalizes with the prospect of exploring the complexities of love, age disparity and the pursuit of happiness in the digital…
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